And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
on the other hand i live in Olympia and for most of the year i have had my fill of rain. but when i lived in CA it was almost always a welcome interlude. Last August I got caught on my motorcycle in the end of a rainstorm in the desert between Idaho Falls and Arco. For me there is almost NOTHING that smells better than fresh rain in the desert. Even the asphalt smells good.
yeah, i've ridden through Arco a few times over the years and never once did i tell myself i needed to stop and spend my vacation time there. did spend the night once and had dinner at a little place called Grandpas Bar BQ (i didn't see it last time i rode through). We all sat outside and after grandpa brought us our dinner he went back in and got his and joined us. pretty cool old guy. other than that there's nothing memorable about the place.
"It doesn't rain IN the army, it rains ON the army." Probably first said by some grizzled old first sergeant in Pharoh's army, if not long before ("In the OLD army, we used to" etc.).
I am kind of the same way with snow. To me, that first snow that stays in November, even better if it is during deer season, has that great calming effect. You can almost hear everything in the natural world heaving a great sigh of relief as the madness of Summer ends, Autumn is put away and all have a chance to rest until Spring. Like that photo you had of Copenhagen....it's Hygge Time! Steve_in_Ottawa
I have this fixation with sitting on the front porch drinking coffee watching my in ground sprinklers run. Once I was sitting out there and a hummingbird was sitting in a bush in the garden. Every time the sprinkler would rotate near him he would fly out, sip a drop of water from mid-air, and then fly back and perch and wait.
Yep, love it! I have for as long as I can remember. It brings peace and cooler weather, too, at least during that time. Wish I had a porch to sit on, though.
Rain story: 2009 Indy Moto GP. Leaving from Peoria at o'dark thirty but waylay-ed by a typical early August midwest frog drowner. Me on my trusty steed, Leo of the ST3 part of the family, BFF on his 900SS, both red as a dragons breath. Finally out the door at 11:30 am. Catch the storm on the far side of Bloomington. Waited it out for a half hour and then catch it 25 miles down the road. A river in the sky, pressure washing US74 of every flung cigarette butt and beer can.
We'd stop under an over pass and wait it out, took about a half hour. Ride 25 miles and stop, ride 25 miles and stop. Once we pulled into a self service car wash. Dryest place around. At around 7:00 pm we realized that we would have to go through the storm to get to the hotel before dark set in. Screwed our courage to the sticking place and banzai-ed through the storm. Water was inches deep on the road and had claimed all manner of trucks and cars that had hydroplaned into oblivion.
We soldiered on and completed a 200 mile trip in just over 8 hours. The ride home took 3 hours as we stopped for gas, liquid in and liquid out. Both bikes are not more than 10 feet from me in my man cave but the thing I remember most was the falling rain smell, ozone from the lightning and a little primal fear of crashing that rainy August day.
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So am I. I like to be outside when it starts, it's the only time you get Petrichor, the smell of rain.
ReplyDeleteHad petrichor here in central New England last night as the front was coming in and before the rain started. It was a treat as we rarely get it.
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There it is. Gladly take that title.
ReplyDeleteon the other hand i live in Olympia and for most of the year i have had my fill of rain. but when i lived in CA it was almost always a welcome interlude.
ReplyDeleteLast August I got caught on my motorcycle in the end of a rainstorm in the desert between Idaho Falls and Arco. For me there is almost NOTHING that smells better than fresh rain in the desert. Even the asphalt smells good.
That's an ugly stretch of road. Four years ago I camped six months in Arco.
Deleteyeah, i've ridden through Arco a few times over the years and never once did i tell myself i needed to stop and spend my vacation time there. did spend the night once and had dinner at a little place called Grandpas Bar BQ (i didn't see it last time i rode through). We all sat outside and after grandpa brought us our dinner he went back in and got his and joined us. pretty cool old guy. other than that there's nothing memorable about the place.
DeleteBeing out on a cold (below 48) day in the dizzily rain is very pleasing.
ReplyDeleteAnd the few people you see out in it as well are my kind of people as well.........
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"It doesn't rain IN the army, it rains ON the army." Probably first said by some grizzled old first sergeant in Pharoh's army, if not long before ("In the OLD army, we used to" etc.).
ReplyDeleteHere in Southern Colorado, we make a statement if and when it rains: Well, we need the moisture!
ReplyDeleteI am kind of the same way with snow. To me, that first snow that stays in November, even better if it is during deer season, has that great calming effect. You can almost hear everything in the natural world heaving a great sigh of relief as the madness of Summer ends, Autumn is put away and all have a chance to rest until Spring. Like that photo you had of Copenhagen....it's Hygge Time! Steve_in_Ottawa
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ReplyDeleteI have this fixation with sitting on the front porch drinking coffee watching my in ground sprinklers run. Once I was sitting out there and a hummingbird was sitting in a bush in the garden. Every time the sprinkler would rotate near him he would fly out, sip a drop of water from mid-air, and then fly back and perch and wait.
ReplyDeleteYep, love it! I have for as long as I can remember. It brings peace and cooler weather, too, at least during that time. Wish I had a porch to sit on, though.
ReplyDeleteOutdoors in overcast farenheit 50s engaging in physical work alone in silence.
ReplyDeleteListening to rain right now.
ReplyDeleteRain makes grain.
ReplyDeleteheard it said of working on the railroad; it's always perfect weather. Never rains or snow, never too hot or too cold.
ReplyDeleteI recently moved to just outside of what is considered a rainforest and I love to sleep to the pitter patter on the roof.
ReplyDeleteIs that the Hoh on the Olympic Peninsula? I'm jealous either way, but if it's the Hoh then I have some personal knowledge to pin my jealousy to.
DeletePluviophile here although I never heard of the word. If it's raining I'm not working and I can always use a day or two off.
ReplyDeleteNonsense. Rain just obstructs everything. Water should come up out of white plastic pipes like God intended.
ReplyDeleteRain story: 2009 Indy Moto GP. Leaving from Peoria at o'dark thirty but waylay-ed by a typical early August midwest frog drowner. Me on my trusty steed, Leo of the ST3 part of the family, BFF on his 900SS, both red as a dragons breath. Finally out the door at 11:30 am. Catch the storm on the far side of Bloomington. Waited it out for a half hour and then catch it 25 miles down the road. A river in the sky, pressure washing US74 of every flung cigarette butt and beer can.
ReplyDeleteWe'd stop under an over pass and wait it out, took about a half hour. Ride 25 miles and stop, ride 25 miles and stop. Once we pulled into a self service car wash. Dryest place around. At around 7:00 pm we realized that we would have to go through the storm to get to the hotel before dark set in. Screwed our courage to the sticking place and banzai-ed through the storm. Water was inches deep on the road and had claimed all manner of trucks and cars that had hydroplaned into oblivion.
We soldiered on and completed a 200 mile trip in just over 8 hours. The ride home took 3 hours as we stopped for gas, liquid in and liquid out. Both bikes are not more than 10 feet from me in my man cave but the thing I remember most was the falling rain smell, ozone from the lightning and a little primal fear of crashing that rainy August day.
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